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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.20

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair. Śiva catches the falling river in his matted hair, Bhagīratha wins her release and leads the purifying waters across the earth

In the sequence: purified by contact with Śiva, the water is honored as sacred → beings cast down to earth by curses bathe, regain purity, and return to their heavenly homes → the world rejoices and is refreshed

1.42.20

mumude mudito lokas tena toyena bhāsvatā
kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyāṃ babhūva vigataklamaḥ

The world rejoiced, delighted by that shining water; and having bathed in Gaṅgā, it became free of weariness.

Words: mumude — rejoiced; mudito — delighted; lokas — the world; tena — by that; toyena — by the water; bhāsvatā — shining, radiant; kṛtābhiṣeko — having bathed (performed ablution); gaṅgāyāṃ — in Gaṅgā; babhūva — became; vigataklamaḥ — free of weariness

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.